Growing the Living Laboratory

September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections

The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden will strengthen and expand its “Living Laboratory,” a hands-on outdoor youth environmental education program. New curricula will target students in preschool through 6th grade to expand the reach of the program. Additional programming will serve students in middle school and high school, including facilitating guided research projects for students in the district STEM Fair. Partnerships with local organizations will help to expand inclusive programming for at-risk and economically disadvantaged students and make the program free. They will use student-created videos of their experiments and activities to create multimedia online tutorial resources for educators.

Funders

IMLS

Funding Program: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums

Award Number: IGSM-245333-OMS-20

Funding Amount: $49,829

TEAM MEMBERS

Robin Sarabia

Principal Investigator

Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden

Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Public Programs | Park, Outdoor, and Garden Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status

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